ABSTRACT
From time to time, new forms emerge on the organizational landscape and enhance organizational diversity. For instance, the late 1980s witnessed the spawning of the personal computer industry as computers began to be de ... signed for personal use by individuals rather than organizations. More re ... cently, the rise of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) has transformed the organization ofhealth care in the United States. The rise of new forms can properly be viewed as an organizational counterpart to the biological phenomenon of speciation, earlier termed organizational speciation (Lumsden & Singh, 1990).
